Brand Image as a Function of Self-Image and Self-Brand Connection

Rares Mocanu ()
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Rares Mocanu: College of Management, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration

Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, 2013, vol. 1, issue 3, 387-408

Abstract: This study investigates how brand image relates to self-image and how brand consumption contributes to the construction of self. Most of the research on brand image refers to brand attitudes. Day (1970) considers attitudes "a central integrating feature” in marketing theory and advertising evaluation. Gardner (1985, p.197) studied differences in brand attitudes as they relate to advertisements, finding attitude toward an advertisement affects attitude toward the advertised brand as much under a brand evaluation set as under a nonbrand evaluation set. The present study goes beyond Gardner's research to show why such attitudes exist as they relate to brand consumption and self-image. Erickson and Johansson (1985) also investigated product evaluations, with an analysis of surveyed beliefs, attitudes, and intentions regarding fashion brands. They concluded that price is not a significant determinant of overall attitude. This study inquires whether brand attitudes and beliefs correlate with purchase behavior in the form of self-brand connection.

Keywords: Brand Image Self-image congruence; clothing; consumption; socialization agents; brands; self-brand connection; Consumer-brand relationship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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